Festivus! (November)

Festival: This festival is three days.  And by three days i mean my kids have been asking me for prep time for over a week.  Day one consisted of an art fair.  These kids may work themselves to the bone studying but in their free time man do they have talent.  To start this festival off a few teachers went outside around 2 pm.  As were waiting i find out I'm going to be part of the ribbon cutting ceremony.  I get handed white gloves and a pair off scissors.  Im then yelled at to change my shoes and I help cut this ribbon with the principle, vice principle, and some important looking people i don't know who they were.  Their art was incredible.  Also during this time was a garage sale type thing.  My kids guilted me into buying a scarf, a mug, a doll thing, a pencil, brownies, hot coco, ice-cream, and more.  The next day was cafes, where students decorated their classrooms in various themes and then begged me to come visit and spend money in each one.  I was able to visit every classroom and buy at least one thing.  They were all very creative and ranged from a dance club to Alice in Wonderland.  These kids cooked some delicious food and created some amazing drinks, each grade was awarded a winner for the best classroom cafe.  I even got an awkward massage in the “wellness” room.  Sitting right next to the vice principle questioning everything that is the educational legal system as a 15 year old female student gave the male teachers massages, but it was all in good fun.  The last day was the main event, the music festival. Kind of like a talent show but way longer then anything else you've ever seen.  Each class did some type of performance and rocked it.  Though most stuck to a dance or song there were a few different types ranging in English and Korean.  Very cool and talented kids.  I was convinced to help in the fashion show which consisted of me wearing my normal work clothes and getting screamed at by the entire school.  Ive never felt so close to fame in my entire life.  the festival even included some boys from the close by school performing, one of which hugged a student at the end of his song.  Utter chaos erupted, and the show was over.  Over all these students don’t have a lot of creative time but when they do they cram as much as possible in a short amount of time, and damn are they fantastic.